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Benjamin C. Grenup Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Rousseau, Charles, sculptor. Title:  Benjamin C. Grenup Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1858. Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: marble. Inscription:  (Base, south side:) CH. ROUSSEAU. Sculptor. (Base, west side:) Monument/Committee./C Kauffman./W.P. Hicks./P. Kraft. (Base, north side:) BENJAMIN C. GRENUP/AGED 24 YEARS/KILLED IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY/MAY 6: 1856/THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/BY/COLUMBIA ENGINE CO NO 1/TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY AND NOBLE DEEDS/OF A/GALLANT FIREMAN/A TRUER NOBLER TRUSTIER HEART/MORE LOVING OR MORE LOYAL NEVER BEAT/WITHIN A HUMAN BREAST signed Description:  An obelisk installed on a square base adorned with three reliefs. On the south side of the base is a relief of Grenup at the moment of his death when as a fire fighter he was run over by the water wagon. Four other figure react to the tragedy. One figure throws up his arms while the other three halt the wagon. On the west side of the base is a relief of a fire hose and two nozzles. On the east side of the base is a relief of a fire axe, torch and spaner wrench tied together with a rope. Egg and dart motifs, garlands and ribbons decorate the piece. The sculpture rest in a triangle plot surrounded by a low fence. Fire hydrants are placed at each of the three corners of the triangle. Subject:  Homage -- Grenup, Benjamin C. Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Figure group Disaster -- Accident Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Relief Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Glenwood Cemetery, 2219 Lincoln Road, N.E., Section D, Chapel Circle, Washington, District of Columbia Remarks:  Inscription on the fence gate reads: COLUMBIA, FIRE, CO./NO 1/J. H. MEAD, - MAKER./C. St, BETWEEN 9 & 10 Sts/Washington. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 326-327. Illustration:  Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, I-6. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS DC000142   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture DC000142 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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